by James Ritch | Mar 27, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn The third confirmed case of COVID-19 on the Eastern Shore was announced Thursday by the Eastern Shore Health District. A Northampton County woman in her 20s tested positive. She had recently traveled from another country with known community...
by James Ritch | Mar 26, 2020 | Headlines
Police are looking for a suspect after a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds Wednesday near Accomac. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office received a report at around 2:26 p.m. March 25 that a man had been shot on Tyler Lane near Accomac, according to Sheriff...
by James Ritch | Mar 26, 2020 | Headlines
Officers found a man and a woman dead of gunshot wounds early Wednesday near Painter, according to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells. The incident is being investigated as a homicide. The sheriff’s office received a report at around 12:28 a.m. that two people were...
by James Ritch | Mar 23, 2020 | Headlines
Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday schools will remain closed at least through the end of this academic year to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. The order applies to both public and private schools. As of Monday, Virginia had 254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Six...
by James Ritch | Mar 23, 2020 | Headlines
— By Carol Vaughn Chincoteague officials Monday asked visitors and non-residents to leave the island by noon Tuesday because of the novel coronavirus emergency. Non-residents also were asked to postpone their plans to travel to Chincoteague until further notice. Mayor...
by James Ritch | Mar 22, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — At 11 a.m. Sunday, a time, said Gov. Ralph Northam, “when many Virginians would ordinarily be sitting in a church pew,” the governor again briefed Virginia on the COVID-19 state of emergency. Since yesterday, a third Virginian — a man in his 60s...
